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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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